Making connections to 'Blackberry Blue'
I can draw comparisons between 'Blackberry Blue' and other texts.
Making connections to 'Blackberry Blue'
I can draw comparisons between 'Blackberry Blue' and other texts.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- When drawing comparisons to other texts, readers can look for connections in themes, events or characters.
- ‘Blackberry Blue’ shares lots of similarities with fairy and folk tales, especially ‘Cinderella’.
- A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story.
- Some themes are more complex, they can impart important morals or lessons, regardless of when the text was written.
Keywords
Connection - how a text relates to a reader, another text or the wider world
Theme - a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story
Convey - to communicate a message to the reader directly or indirectly
Justice - fairness in the treatment of others, often involving punishment or reward based on their actions
Common misconception
Pupils may find it challenging to agree on the placement of the statements in Task A.
Consider printing the statements and the Venn diagram, to allow pupils to move them as they discuss and work in small groups or pairs.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2014 Tamarind edition of ‘Blackberry Blue and other fairy tales’, written by Jamila Gavin with illustrations by Richard Collingridge, for this lesson.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of upsetting content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
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Exit quiz
6 Questions
how a text relates to a reader, another text or the wider world
a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story
to communicate a message to the reader directly or indirectly